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<\/a><\/a>\nThe project represents a new model for urban education \u2014 a vertically organized, purpose-built environment where academic, culinary, and community-focused spaces work together to support flexibility, collaboration, and real-world application. Each element of the campus is designed to enable La Scuola's dynamic, interdisciplinary curriculum and to extend education beyond the classroom into shared spaces that foster connection, creativity, and cultural exchange.<\/p>
\nBuild Group played a central role in delivering the vision, self-performing key structural and interior scopes to ensure precision execution, schedule control, and consistent craftsmanship throughout the project. The integrated approach enabled tighter coordination across trades and a higher-caliber finish \u2014 particularly in the teaching kitchens, rooftop deck, and learning environments where detail and performance are critical.<\/p>
\n\"La Scuola gave us the chance to build something the city needs more of \u2014 a school designed for how students actually learn today. Delivering a four-story vertical campus with integrated teaching kitchens in the heart of the Mission required real craftsmanship and disciplined coordination from every member of the team. By self-performing the structural and interior scopes that matter most, we were able to hold the quality bar where it counts and hand La Scuola a facility that will serve their students and the community for generations.\" \u2014 Nathan Rundel, President of Build Group<\/p>
\n\"Our new Mission Campus is more than a building \u2014 it is a daily expression of what we believe education can be. Our pedagogy follows the Reggio Emilia approach, which is truly unique in its commitment to the environment as the \u2018third teacher.\u2019 Every space was designed to actively shape how our students learn \u2014 through their hands, their curiosity, and their connection to the world around them.\" <\/b>\u2014 <\/strong>Valentina Imbeni, Head of School, La Scuola International School<\/p> \nBringing that philosophy to life required an equally ambitious design \u2014 and a builder capable of executing it.<\/p> \n\"Our designer, Michele Zini of ZPZ Partners<\/a> with the support of Jensen Architects, conceived a profoundly complex and singular space, and constructing it demanded a builder who could meet that ambition without compromise. We could not have chosen any other builder but Build Group \u2014 they delivered this building to us, and the craftsmanship and partnership behind it, exactly as we envisioned,\" added Valentina Imbeni, Head of School, La Scuola International School.<\/p> \nA Community Anchor in the Mission District<\/b><\/p> \nBeyond its physical footprint, the La Scuola Mission Campus is designed to serve as a community anchor \u2014 a place where education extends beyond the classroom and into shared spaces that connect students, families, and the surrounding neighborhood. The project contributes to long-term neighborhood vitality, bringing a modern, active educational presence into one of San Francisco's most culturally vibrant districts and reflecting the broader shift in educational design toward active, adaptable spaces that mirror how students learn and engage in the real world.<\/p> \nExpert Craftsmanship, Delivered by an Integrated Team<\/b><\/p> \nThe success of the La Scuola Mission Campus reflects deep collaboration across the owner, the design team, and the construction partners who built it. Build Group's combination of preconstruction expertise, self-perform capability, and disciplined execution \u2014 alongside the craftsmanship of trade partners including Canning Electric, Pacific Structures, Level 5, Ogden, Iron Mechanical, Wood, Eno Glass, Trimark, Adornment, and Farrel \u2014 ensured alignment from concept through completion, with strong schedule performance, controlled costs, and exceptional safety throughout.<\/p>